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silburygirl

I handed in my thesis yesterday...

Mar 26, 2009 22:50

And there was much rejoicing at the campus pub!

ME: And then a couple other people showed up and we started double-fisting...
BOYFRIEND: WHAT?
ME (with disgust): Double-fisting margaritasI also had a deeply seven-year old moment, when someone made me laugh as I was drinking, and I snorted tequila through my nose. It still kind of burns ( Read more... )

school, my unbearably wild and crazy life

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camillo1978 March 27 2009, 17:49:47 UTC

Weeeeeeee! Congratulations!

I remember handing in my dissertation and then starting on the booze at noon. Of course we didn't stop... and my dissertation supervisor turned up at 5pm to join in with the mayhem. I seem to remember feeding him marmite on toast in the small hours before pointing him towards a spare mattress in my (male) housemate's bedroom. The housemate was unimpressed until I informed him that said lecturer was married with a small child. At which point he became the soul of hospitality and the lecturer uttered the immortal words "Oh dear. I hadn't thought this might be awkward for you. Will your friends take the piss?"

They did. A lot.

silburygirl March 27 2009, 17:58:38 UTC

Thank you! And I didn't have to lie about my word count being smaller than it actually was or anything!

That's awesome. We almost convinced someone's supervisor to join us, but he had to teach a class soon-he may have gone back after leaving for all I know.

Unfortunately, I still have to write four papers for next week, so the real celebration will commence around 3:30 on Thursday.

camillo1978 March 27 2009, 18:00:15 UTC

Good luck with the rest of the writing!

mundungus42 March 27 2009, 19:03:38 UTC

*sporfles* The things I missed out on by selecting a program of study that didn't require a dissertation!

camillo1978 March 28 2009, 01:03:15 UTC

Uh huh. I just loved being loaded with the cliches without any of the illicit fun to show for it ;-)

mundungus42 March 28 2009, 01:09:39 UTC

I missed out on most of the illicit fun thanks to the "random" drug tests for fencing. I noticed that it was always the theatre major and the music major.

camillo1978 March 28 2009, 11:25:51 UTC

It's really funny being an "academic" rather than a student and discussing senior researchers with other senior researchers. Because it's not uncommon for someone to be described as "You know, the guy who smokes loads of blow."

I don't think people realise how similar the sciences are to the arts in some cultural aspects ;-)

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